We now know that the FBI is involved in the investigation as an anonymous call to the Department of Child and Family Services stated that the incident took place during a flight on a private jet, which would place it under federal jurisdiction.

Details are scarce, but it’s unlikely that Pitt will face a penalty as serious as jail time.

Even so, the news isn’t exactly doing wonders for his reputation.

Now, several outlets seem to be implicitly verifying the rumors of Brad’s abusive behavior by reporting that the actor messed up so badly that a single incident prompted Jolie to call it quits.

“Brad did not want the marriage to end,” one insider tells E! News. “He was committed to doing what he needed to make it work. He was open to counseling.”

“There was clearly a breaking point, where she’d just had enough,” a different source tells People magazine.

That unidentified friend of the couple attempts to spin things in Brad’s favor, claiming that Pitt “may have been broken himself” and “begged” Jolie not to leave him.

Asked about the abuse allegations, the insider doesn’t confirm them, but acknowledges that Pitt took a “stricter approach versus Angelina’s more relaxed attitude” when it came to disciplining the couple’s six children.

Both parties have mostly kept quiet on the issue of their impending divorce, but they also both have PR teams working furiously to defend their reputations.